London SC Cleared Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Security Check (SC) Clearance in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Location Aldershot Andover Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London Corsham County Antrim Crawley Croydon Cwmbran Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shepton Mallet Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire Waterlooville Wells West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	268	459
Rank change on same period last year	+191
Matching permanent IT job ads	278	194
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.239 %	0.099 %
As % of the category below	3.038 %	1.156 %
Salaries quoted	229	175
Average minimum salary	£46,033	£47,602
Average salary	£50,066	£51,551
% change on same period last year	-2.88 %
Average maximum salary	£54,098	£55,501
UK excluding London average salary	£45,045	£43,418
% change on same period last year	+3.74 %
Qualifications London
Matching permanent IT job ads	9152	16776
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	7.879 %	8.566 %
Salaries quoted	7856	13551
Average minimum salary	£42,065	£43,024
Average salary	£45,953	£46,989
% change on same period last year	-2.20 %
Average maximum salary	£49,840	£50,954
UK excluding London average salary	£38,642	£38,193
% change on same period last year	+1.17 %
SC Cleared England

SC Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

SC Cleared
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the London region.

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the London region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

SC Cleared
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the London region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Uxbridge	+52	117	£48,726	+15.71 %
City of London	+50	29	£47,687	-
New Malden	-	4	£39,167	-
Hammersmith	-	3	£40,000	-
Croydon	-	2	£50,000	-
Docklands, London	+32	1	£23,000	-42.50 %
Canary Wharf	+28	1	£55,000	-21.42 %
Westminster	-	1	-	-

SC Cleared England

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the London region citing SC Cleared also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SC Cleared.

1 598 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 249 (41.64 %) Government 3 106 (17.73 %) Oracle 4 87 (14.55 %) Windows 5 81 (13.55 %) Java 6 77 (12.88 %) DV Cleared 7 76 (12.71 %) J2EE 8 56 (9.365 %) UNIX 9 52 (8.696 %) MS Excel 10 51 (8.528 %) SQL 11 50 (8.361 %) MS Office 12 49 (8.194 %) Microsoft 12 49 (8.194 %) Programme Management 13 43 (7.191 %) Information Security 14 42 (7.023 %) Health

14 42 (7.023 %) WebServices 15 38 (6.355 %) Finance 15 38 (6.355 %) Degree 16 37 (6.187 %) PRINCE2 17 36 (6.020 %) ITIL 18 35 (5.853 %) XML 18 35 (5.853 %) Project Management 19 34 (5.686 %) Windows 2000 20 33 (5.518 %) .NET 21 32 (5.351 %) PL/SQL 22 31 (5.184 %) Linux 22 31 (5.184 %) Active Directory 23 30 (5.017 %) LAN 23 30 (5.017 %) WebLogic 23 30 (5.017 %) Windows Server 2003

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the London region citing SC Cleared also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 76 (12.71 %) J2EE 2 42 (7.023 %) WebServices 3 35 (5.853 %) XML 4 33 (5.518 %) .NET 5 23 (3.846 %) WebSphere 6 14 (2.341 %) jBPM 7 12 (2.007 %) Middleware 8 10 (1.672 %) EJB 8 10 (1.672 %) XSLT 9 9 (1.505 %) XHTML 9 9 (1.505 %) JSP 10 7 (1.171 %) Servlets 10 7 (1.171 %) JMS 10 7 (1.171 %) XML Messaging 10 7 (1.171 %) Application Packaging 11 6 (1.003 %) CSS 11 6 (1.003 %) HTML 12 5 (0.836 %) MVC 12 5 (0.836 %) AJAX 13 4 (0.669 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 30 (5.017 %) WebLogic 2 17 (2.843 %) Tomcat 2 17 (2.843 %) ESB 3 13 (2.174 %) Oracle Application Server 4 12 (2.007 %) MS Exchange 5 10 (1.672 %) SAS 5 10 (1.672 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 10 (1.672 %) Apache 6 8 (1.338 %) Oracle Workflow 7 7 (1.171 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 5 (0.836 %) MQSeries 9 4 (0.669 %) JBoss 9 4 (0.669 %) WPS 9 4 (0.669 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 4 (0.669 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 4 (0.669 %) WebSphere Message Broker 10 3 (0.502 %) Oracle Spatial 10 3 (0.502 %) IIS 11 2 (0.334 %) SharePoint 11 2 (0.334 %) CMS
Applications 1 52 (8.696 %) MS Excel 2 50 (8.361 %) MS Office 3 26 (4.348 %) MS PowerPoint 4 21 (3.512 %) MS Project 5 10 (1.672 %) Spreadsheet 6 6 (1.003 %) MS Visio 7 3 (0.502 %) Photoshop 8 1 (0.167 %) Acrobat 8 1 (0.167 %) QuarkXPress 8 1 (0.167 %) Fireworks 8 1 (0.167 %) ArcInfo 8 1 (0.167 %) Adobe Illustrator 8 1 (0.167 %) InDesign	Business Applications 1 15 (2.508 %) Oracle EBS 2 10 (1.672 %) Oracle HRMS 3 7 (1.171 %) SoftGrid 4 6 (1.003 %) Oracle Applications 5 5 (0.836 %) Oracle EBS R12 5 5 (0.836 %) Oracle Financials 6 4 (0.669 %) Oracle iRecruitment 6 4 (0.669 %) assyst 7 3 (0.502 %) Oracle 11i 7 3 (0.502 %) Oracle ERP 8 2 (0.334 %) SAP R/3 8 2 (0.334 %) SAP WM 9 1 (0.167 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 30 (5.017 %) LAN 1 30 (5.017 %) Firewall 2 24 (4.013 %) SAN 3 23 (3.846 %) WAN 4 11 (1.839 %) TCP/IP 5 9 (1.505 %) Cisco PIX 6 5 (0.836 %) VPN 6 5 (0.836 %) DNS 6 5 (0.836 %) Internet 7 4 (0.669 %) SMS 8 3 (0.502 %) MPLS 8 3 (0.502 %) DHCP 8 3 (0.502 %) Network Security 8 3 (0.502 %) DSL 8 3 (0.502 %) NetScreen 8 3 (0.502 %) LLU 9 2 (0.334 %) IPstream 9 2 (0.334 %) SNMP 9 2 (0.334 %) Intrusion Detection 9 2 (0.334 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (3.177 %) Oracle Reports 1 19 (3.177 %) RDBMS 2 15 (2.508 %) SQL Server 3 12 (2.007 %) Datawarehouse 3 12 (2.007 %) Oracle 10g 3 12 (2.007 %) GIS 4 10 (1.672 %) ETL 5 9 (1.505 %) Oracle 9i 6 7 (1.171 %) BusinessObjects 7 6 (1.003 %) Data Mining 7 6 (1.003 %) DB2 8 5 (0.836 %) DataStage 9 4 (0.669 %) TOAD 9 4 (0.669 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 4 (0.669 %) SQL Server 2005 10 3 (0.502 %) Oracle OWB 10 3 (0.502 %) SQL Server 2000 10 3 (0.502 %) SQLPlus 10 3 (0.502 %) Informix 11 2 (0.334 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 14 (2.341 %) Oracle Forms 2 7 (1.171 %) Eclipse 2 7 (1.171 %) PVCS 2 7 (1.171 %) MSI 3 6 (1.003 %) QuickTest Pro 3 6 (1.003 %) ClearQuest 3 6 (1.003 %) ClearCase 4 5 (0.836 %) ProC 5 3 (0.502 %) LoadRunner 5 3 (0.502 %) Visual Studio 5 3 (0.502 %) Dreamweaver 6 2 (0.334 %) TestDirector 6 2 (0.334 %) JUnit 7 1 (0.167 %) WinRunner	General 1 249 (41.64 %) Government 2 42 (7.023 %) Health 3 38 (6.355 %) Finance 4 25 (4.181 %) Pensions 5 23 (3.846 %) Military 6 15 (2.508 %) Telecoms 7 11 (1.839 %) Education 7 11 (1.839 %) Banking 8 8 (1.338 %) Legal 8 8 (1.338 %) Insurance 9 7 (1.171 %) Electric 10 6 (1.003 %) Manufacturing 11 5 (0.836 %) Electronics 11 5 (0.836 %) Auditing 12 4 (0.669 %) Local Government 12 4 (0.669 %) Pharmaceutical 12 4 (0.669 %) Police 12 4 (0.669 %) Home Office 13 3 (0.502 %) Billing 13 3 (0.502 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 89 (14.88 %) Consultant 2 64 (10.70 %) Architect 3 50 (8.361 %) Developer 4 36 (6.020 %) Security Consultant 5 35 (5.853 %) Analyst 6 28 (4.682 %) Test Manager 7 23 (3.846 %) Project Manager 8 21 (3.512 %) Technical Architect 8 21 (3.512 %) Java Developer 9 19 (3.177 %) Administrator 9 19 (3.177 %) Infrastructure Architect 10 17 (2.843 %) Programme Manager 11 16 (2.676 %) Technical Consultant 11 16 (2.676 %) Team Leader 11 16 (2.676 %) Security Architect 11 16 (2.676 %) Java/J2EE Developer 12 14 (2.341 %) Requirements Manager 12 14 (2.341 %) Senior Consultant 13 13 (2.174 %) Integration Architect 13 13 (2.174 %) Support Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 29 (4.849 %) Biometrics 2 24 (4.013 %) Management Information System 3 20 (3.344 %) CESG 4 17 (2.843 %) VHDL 5 16 (2.676 %) Mathematics 6 14 (2.341 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 6 14 (2.341 %) ASIC 7 10 (1.672 %) Data Integration 8 7 (1.171 %) PKI 9 6 (1.003 %) Freedom of Information Act 10 5 (0.836 %) Computer Science 10 5 (0.836 %) N-Tier 11 4 (0.669 %) PDA 11 4 (0.669 %) Client/Server 12 3 (0.502 %) Firmware 12 3 (0.502 %) Clustering 13 2 (0.334 %) Thin Client 13 2 (0.334 %) CMDB 13 2 (0.334 %) Fat Client 13 2 (0.334 %) RMADS
Operating Systems 1 87 (14.55 %) Windows 2 56 (9.365 %) UNIX 3 34 (5.686 %) Windows 2000 4 31 (5.184 %) Linux 5 30 (5.017 %) Windows Server 2003 6 29 (4.849 %) Windows XP 7 18 (3.010 %) Red Hat Linux 8 9 (1.505 %) Windows Vista 9 8 (1.338 %) Solaris 10 6 (1.003 %) Windows 2000 Server 11 4 (0.669 %) Windows NT 12 3 (0.502 %) HPUX 13 2 (0.334 %) AIX 14 1 (0.167 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 49 (8.194 %) Programme Management 2 43 (7.191 %) Information Security 3 37 (6.187 %) PRINCE2 4 36 (6.020 %) ITIL 5 35 (5.853 %) Project Management 6 28 (4.682 %) Configuration Management 7 26 (4.348 %) Workflow 8 20 (3.344 %) Service Management 8 20 (3.344 %) SOA 8 20 (3.344 %) Document Management 9 17 (2.843 %) Enterprise Architecture 9 17 (2.843 %) Validation 9 17 (2.843 %) Stakeholder Management 10 16 (2.676 %) Risk Management 10 16 (2.676 %) Unit Testing 11 15 (2.508 %) Security Management 11 15 (2.508 %) Migration 12 14 (2.341 %) Business Intelligence 13 13 (2.174 %) UML 13 13 (2.174 %) Identity Management
Programming Languages 1 81 (13.55 %) Java 2 51 (8.528 %) SQL 3 32 (5.351 %) PL/SQL 4 17 (2.843 %) C 5 12 (2.007 %) Perl 6 11 (1.839 %) Shell Script 7 8 (1.338 %) C# 8 7 (1.171 %) C++ 8 7 (1.171 %) JavaScript 9 5 (0.836 %) VBScript 9 5 (0.836 %) VB 10 3 (0.502 %) VB.NET 10 3 (0.502 %) AWK 11 1 (0.167 %) Ada 11 1 (0.167 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 598 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 77 (12.88 %) DV Cleared 3 38 (6.355 %) Degree 4 25 (4.181 %) CISSP 5 22 (3.679 %) Cisco Certification 6 19 (3.177 %) CISM 7 15 (2.508 %) ITIL Certification 8 14 (2.341 %) CISA 9 11 (1.839 %) Oracle Certification 10 10 (1.672 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 10 (1.672 %) CCSP 11 9 (1.505 %) Microsoft Certification 11 9 (1.505 %) ISEB 11 9 (1.505 %) CCSA 11 9 (1.505 %) CCSE 12 7 (1.171 %) MCSE 12 7 (1.171 %) CCIE 13 5 (0.836 %) BC Cleared 14 4 (0.669 %) CTC Cleared 14 4 (0.669 %) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 24 (4.013 %) ISO27001 2 20 (3.344 %) QA 3 17 (2.843 %) SLA 4 12 (2.007 %) BS7799 5 10 (1.672 %) PCI DSS 6 6 (1.003 %) PCI QSA 7 4 (0.669 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 7 4 (0.669 %) ISO9001 8 3 (0.502 %) ISO17799 9 1 (0.167 %) CESG Infosec	System Software 1 31 (5.184 %) Active Directory 2 11 (1.839 %) Oracle RAC 3 10 (1.672 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 5 (0.836 %) VMware ESX 4 5 (0.836 %) Oracle RMAN 5 3 (0.502 %) MetaFrame 6 2 (0.334 %) NetBackup 6 2 (0.334 %) Backup Exec 6 2 (0.334 %) AquaLogic 6 2 (0.334 %) MailMarshal 7 1 (0.167 %) Snort 7 1 (0.167 %) Terminal Server 7 1 (0.167 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 8 (1.338 %) ZENworks 1 8 (1.338 %) BMC Marimba 2 7 (1.171 %) OpenView 2 7 (1.171 %) Tivoli 2 7 (1.171 %) Netcool 3 6 (1.003 %) BMC PATROL 4 5 (0.836 %) Data Guard 5 4 (0.669 %) Nagios 5 4 (0.669 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 6 3 (0.502 %) Legato 6 3 (0.502 %) EMC NetWorker 6 3 (0.502 %) SCOM 7 2 (0.334 %) MOM 7 2 (0.334 %) Unicenter 8 1 (0.167 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 8 1 (0.167 %) SCCM 8 1 (0.167 %) WSUS 8 1 (0.167 %) Netcool/Proviso 8 1 (0.167 %) Netcool/Webtop	Vendors 1 106 (17.73 %) Oracle 2 49 (8.194 %) Microsoft 3 24 (4.013 %) Cisco 3 24 (4.013 %) IBM 4 23 (3.846 %) Citrix 5 21 (3.512 %) BMC 5 21 (3.512 %) HP 6 20 (3.344 %) CheckPoint 6 20 (3.344 %) Remedy 7 19 (3.177 %) Red Hat 8 17 (2.843 %) Juniper 9 15 (2.508 %) VMware 10 11 (1.839 %) BEA 11 9 (1.505 %) SAP 12 8 (1.338 %) LANDesk 13 7 (1.171 %) Business Objects 14 5 (0.836 %) Symantec 14 5 (0.836 %) Novell 14 5 (0.836 %) Altiris 14 5 (0.836 %) ESRI